2009-04-06 Regular Council Meeting Agenda

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City to identify that all the occupancy permits given by the City for residents on the south side and if they could be accommodated with just parking on the south side. Hershey Novack, 7018 Forsyth Mr. Novack asked the Council to postpone voting on the petition in order to allow time for the south side residents to work together with their neighbors on the north side and work something out together. Bob Wilhelm, 7115 Forsyth Mr. Wilhelm stated the residents on the north side were having problems being able to pull out of their driveway safely. He was in favor of passing the resolution and which would allow the south side eight months to complete their own resolution. Chris Rhodes, 7012 Forsyth Mr. Rhodes stated that he finds it hard to find parking on Forsyth, even during the hours the lane restriction is not in force. He felt a traffic study should be done first to evaluate the number of residents on Forsyth and the available parking spaces on both sides of the street and put the petition on hold until this was completed. Frank Reedy, 7041 Forsyth Mr. Reedy was in favor of the restricted parking. He felt they had a four prong problem, Washington University commuter parking, long term student parking during the week and the north and south side residents all vying for a parking space. Edna Stevens, 7056 Forsyth Ms. Stevens is a condo owner on the south side of Forsyth. She stated that they have the same problems as did the north side residents. Ms. Stevens stated that as an adjacent resident, she was not informed of a petition being presented to the Traffic Commission. She felt there were more people living on Forsyth than the actual occupancy permits issued. Mr. Price asked the City Manager to have the City’s police watch and ticket cars that are in violation of improper parking. He also encouraged residents to call the City’s police department. Mr. Wagner felt the only show-stopper was the legality of having a petition for one side of the street only. He suggested that passage of the petition would be contingent on the completion of Highway 40, with the opening of the restricted land on the south side of Forsyth and secondly be contingent on the City Attorney’s review. Mr. Glickert motioned to postpone the resolution until the April 6, 2009, meeting. He felt the petition was close to being workable but the fairness and reasonableness was still a question with him. He stated that we are a community and Forsyth is a public street and he would rather have both sides of the street on board on this petition. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion.